LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on canvas
Measurements:
23.11 in. (58.70 cm.) (height) by 19.29 in. (49.00 cm.) (width)
Exhibited:
London, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Salvator Rosa (1615–1673): Bandits, Wilderness and Magic, 15 September – 28 November 2010.1
Literature:
R. and J. Dodsley, London and its Environs Described, London 1761, vol. III, p. 86; ; T. Martyn, The English Connoisseur, London 1766, vol. II, p. 19 (both this and the above as in Grosvenor Street, in the First Parlour, Between the Windows);; J. Britton, An Historical Account of Corsham House, London 1806, p. 30, no. 8 (as hanging in the State Dressing Room and giving the dimensions as 22 x 18 in.);; J.P. Neale and T. Moule, Views of The Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, London 1825, vol. II (as in the State Dressing Room);; J. P. Neale and Jones & Co, Jones' Views of The Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, London 1829, p. H2 (as at Corsham House, hanging in the State Dressing Room);; G.F. Waagen, Works of Art and Artists in England, London 1838, vol. III, p. 106 (as at Corsham House; ‘a very capital picture by the master’);; M. Farquhar and R. N. Wornum (eds), Biographical Catalogue of the Principal Italian Painters, London 1855, p. 151 (as at Corsham House, erroneously);; R.N. Wornum, The Epochs of Painting. A Biographical and Critical Essay on Painting and Painters, London 1864, p. 351, n. 2;; T. Borenius, 'Salvator Rosa at Corsham', in The Burlington Magazine, vol. LXXVI, February 1940, p. 37, and n. 1;; L. Salerno, L'opera completa di Salvator Rosa, Milan 1975, p. 95, no. 119, reproduced p. 93.2
Provenance:
Paul Methuen Esq., Grosvenor Street, London, by 1761; ; By descent at Grosvenor Street and then Corsham House until sold by the first Lord Methuen (1779–1849) on 23 March 1845, to pay for restoration work to the house, to the dealer George Yates for £40;; Acquired from the above by Joseph Hardman Esq., 30 Upper Philimore Place, London;; Acquired by the present owner, <em>circa</em> 1970.